WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.620 This episode of HamTalk Live is brought to you 00:00:02.620 --> 00:00:06.000 by Tower Electronics. For connectors, cables, 00:00:06.240 --> 00:00:12.939 and more, call 920 -435 -2973 or visit pl -259 00:00:12.939 --> 00:00:17.620 .com. And by ICOM, heard it, worked it, logged 00:00:17.620 --> 00:00:22.839 it. Visit www .icomamerica .com slash amateur 00:00:22.839 --> 00:00:30.890 for more information about ICOM radios. With 00:00:30.890 --> 00:00:36.990 Neographer, here we go Welcome to Amtopi Call 00:00:36.990 --> 00:01:00.219 in, let's talk, Neil's your guy Amtopi hey good 00:01:00.219 --> 00:01:03.020 evening everyone it's time for ham talk live 00:01:03.020 --> 00:01:07.939 it's episode number 243 ham vincen cancelled 00:01:07.939 --> 00:01:15.140 again recorded live on thursday january 21st 00:01:15.140 --> 00:01:20.319 2021 i'm your host neil rap wb9 vpg Thanks for 00:01:20.319 --> 00:01:22.719 tuning in to this episode of HamTalk Live. Tonight 00:01:22.719 --> 00:01:26.659 we're joined by Michael Coulter, W8CI, and we'll 00:01:26.659 --> 00:01:31.040 take your calls live in a few minutes. Last week, 00:01:31.260 --> 00:01:35.420 Joe Eisenberg, KZeroNEB, was here to talk about... 00:01:35.599 --> 00:01:38.280 Rebuilding the ham shack if you missed the show 00:01:38.280 --> 00:01:40.840 you can listen anytime at ham talk live .com 00:01:40.840 --> 00:01:44.040 or on your favorite podcast app or on YouTube 00:01:44.040 --> 00:01:49.140 or you can catch the rebroadcast on WTWW 5085 00:01:49.140 --> 00:01:53.640 a .m. Saturday afternoons at about 330 p .m. 00:01:54.040 --> 00:01:58.000 Eastern time well all kinds of things going on 00:01:58.000 --> 00:02:04.280 right now and the Propagation Summit by Contest 00:02:04.280 --> 00:02:07.579 Universities coming up on Saturday. And that's 00:02:07.579 --> 00:02:11.020 via Zoom. It's 11 a .m. to 3 p .m. Eastern Time. 00:02:11.219 --> 00:02:16.099 Go to contestuniversity .com to see more about 00:02:16.099 --> 00:02:21.180 that. Also on Saturday, where I will be is the 00:02:21.180 --> 00:02:25.979 Winterfest in St. Louis. It is online this year 00:02:25.979 --> 00:02:30.259 due to COVID. And it's on YouTube from 10 a .m. 00:02:30.259 --> 00:02:34.639 to 5 p .m. Eastern Standard Time. To check that 00:02:34.639 --> 00:02:41.930 out, go to Winterfest. That's the St. Louis and 00:02:41.930 --> 00:02:48.509 Suburban Radio Club, SLSRC .org. And you can 00:02:48.509 --> 00:02:53.810 watch some things there through YouTube. I will 00:02:53.810 --> 00:02:57.830 be one of the presenters at the end of the day 00:02:57.830 --> 00:03:00.750 along with Sterling Mann in Zero SSC talking 00:03:00.750 --> 00:03:04.069 about youth on the air. Be sure to check that 00:03:04.069 --> 00:03:10.949 out also the hamcation seq so party is Been announced 00:03:10.949 --> 00:03:15.229 and it's Saturday February 13th from 10 to 10 00:03:15.229 --> 00:03:17.969 10 a .m. To 10 p .m Eastern Standard Time the 00:03:17.969 --> 00:03:21.229 webinars are 10 a .m. To 4 p .m Check that out 00:03:21.229 --> 00:03:25.789 at hamcation .com and be sure to sign up for 00:03:25.789 --> 00:03:30.069 the webinars you need to sign up in advance for 00:03:30.069 --> 00:03:34.530 those Oh, we got the AM Rally coming up. The 00:03:34.530 --> 00:03:41.770 AM Rally encourages AM mode all day long, no 00:03:41.770 --> 00:03:45.189 matter whether you have a vacuum tube rig or 00:03:45.189 --> 00:03:49.770 an SDR, doesn't matter. Standard AM on 160, 80, 00:03:49.889 --> 00:03:54.210 40, 20, 15, 10, and 6 meters. It's 0100 Zulu, 00:03:54.229 --> 00:03:59.699 Saturday, February 6th. Through 700 Zulu Monday, 00:03:59.699 --> 00:04:02.620 February 8th and an Eastern Standard that 7 p 00:04:02.620 --> 00:04:08.259 .m. Friday The 5th until 2 a .m. On Monday the 00:04:08.259 --> 00:04:11.659 8th and then the virtual ham expo is coming up 00:04:11.659 --> 00:04:15.840 on March 13th through 14th all kinds of speakers 00:04:15.840 --> 00:04:19.860 early bird tickets are $10 and You can check 00:04:19.860 --> 00:04:26.680 that out at the QSO today virtual ham expo there 00:04:26.680 --> 00:04:29.500 also be a kit building thing that's going on 00:04:29.500 --> 00:04:33.339 live you need to order those ahead of time so 00:04:33.339 --> 00:04:36.779 check that out and I believe Joe said when he 00:04:36.779 --> 00:04:39.160 was on here last week case here when he be that 00:04:39.160 --> 00:04:41.819 he would be involved in that kit build as well 00:04:41.819 --> 00:04:46.180 so check that out Okay, well get your questions 00:04:46.180 --> 00:04:47.839 ready to go for Michael. If you're listening 00:04:47.839 --> 00:04:50.259 to us live on Thursday night, you can call us 00:04:50.259 --> 00:04:53.100 after the interview. 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Tonight, Michael Coulter, WHCI, 00:08:26.709 --> 00:08:31.110 joins us on the Orlando Amateur Radio Club and 00:08:31.110 --> 00:08:34.669 hamcation line. He is the official spokesperson, 00:08:35.049 --> 00:08:38.190 finance chair, and co -chair of the awards committee 00:08:38.190 --> 00:08:41.169 of the Dayton Hamvention. Mike resides in Xenia, 00:08:41.169 --> 00:08:45.019 Ohio. and is a past president of the Dayton Amateur 00:08:45.019 --> 00:08:47.980 Radio Association and Ham Finch and General Chairman 00:08:47.980 --> 00:08:53.580 back in 2011, 2012. And Michael, welcome back. 00:08:55.860 --> 00:08:59.220 Yeah, well, I'm glad to be able to talk to you, 00:08:59.240 --> 00:09:01.799 Neil. You put on a great program and you're doing 00:09:01.799 --> 00:09:05.000 so many good things for amateur radio, especially 00:09:05.000 --> 00:09:08.279 for youth. And I'll say hello to everybody out 00:09:08.279 --> 00:09:11.779 there. It's it's a. shame to have to be here 00:09:11.779 --> 00:09:14.960 and not, you know, rooting for, uh, Hamvention 00:09:14.960 --> 00:09:20.080 this year. Yeah, it's, uh, it's, it's bad news 00:09:20.080 --> 00:09:23.679 again, but we still need to hear about it. So 00:09:23.679 --> 00:09:27.659 we hope that, uh, that Hamvention QSO party was, 00:09:27.659 --> 00:09:30.620 was a one time only deal. We kept talking about 00:09:30.620 --> 00:09:33.940 that Michael and, and, and, and by the way, shout 00:09:33.940 --> 00:09:36.779 out to the, to the team because I did get a QSL 00:09:36.779 --> 00:09:39.679 card here, uh, not long ago. So thank you for 00:09:39.679 --> 00:09:44.259 that. But, you know, I know you had plans to 00:09:44.259 --> 00:09:48.659 forge ahead and then it just became obvious it 00:09:48.659 --> 00:09:51.639 wasn't going to work. So tell us what happened 00:09:51.639 --> 00:09:55.399 with this decision making process to cancel for 00:09:55.399 --> 00:10:00.960 the second time. Yeah, I will. You know, it's 00:10:00.960 --> 00:10:06.139 another painful thing for a hand benching. And 00:10:06.139 --> 00:10:08.779 if you're like me, and lots of people love hand 00:10:08.779 --> 00:10:12.720 benching. And it's just such a wonderful event 00:10:12.720 --> 00:10:15.679 to come and meet your friends and do so many 00:10:15.679 --> 00:10:18.759 things and just really be saturated in the world 00:10:18.759 --> 00:10:22.080 of amateur radio. But what happened was is that 00:10:22.080 --> 00:10:25.080 before Christmas, you know, we have been working 00:10:25.080 --> 00:10:30.519 very, very diligently since, oh, I would say 00:10:30.519 --> 00:10:34.919 July, August timeframe. And we would meet regularly, 00:10:34.960 --> 00:10:37.419 and a lot of us would meet a couple times a week, 00:10:37.480 --> 00:10:40.940 try to get this thing planned out. But we always 00:10:40.940 --> 00:10:44.580 had our ear to the ground and our eyes to what's 00:10:44.580 --> 00:10:48.340 happening in terms of the COVID. And we kept 00:10:48.340 --> 00:10:50.220 hearing, yeah, they're going to get all these 00:10:50.220 --> 00:10:53.899 vaccinations out. It was going to be great. And 00:10:53.899 --> 00:10:57.659 as December rolled through, it became more and 00:10:57.659 --> 00:11:01.279 more obvious actually toward the end of December, 00:11:01.299 --> 00:11:03.669 beginning of January. that there were a whole 00:11:03.669 --> 00:11:07.470 lot of issues to get the vaccination out. And 00:11:07.470 --> 00:11:11.110 even if they did get it all out, it may not be 00:11:11.110 --> 00:11:15.190 in time right now. So what we do, we had to look 00:11:15.190 --> 00:11:18.210 ahead and go, OK, we have a whole lot of stakeholders, 00:11:18.389 --> 00:11:21.990 the stakeholders being our visitors. And we certainly 00:11:21.990 --> 00:11:25.309 want to make sure our visitors have a very safe 00:11:25.309 --> 00:11:27.149 event. You know, we don't want to invite them 00:11:27.149 --> 00:11:31.070 to something very risky. And of course, our volunteers 00:11:31.070 --> 00:11:34.500 are I'm more than 700 volunteers, which I am 00:11:34.500 --> 00:11:39.100 one of those volunteers, and very worried about 00:11:39.100 --> 00:11:44.279 to be sure that their health is protected. Of 00:11:44.279 --> 00:11:48.220 course, all the vendors that are buying space 00:11:48.220 --> 00:11:50.440 and they're going to bring a lot of stuff, they 00:11:50.440 --> 00:11:53.600 order ahead of time. There's just so much that 00:11:53.600 --> 00:11:56.419 goes into planning an event like this. It's huge. 00:12:00.990 --> 00:12:04.570 hotel, motel, campground in the region for a 00:12:04.570 --> 00:12:09.230 weekend in May. And it was just looking more 00:12:09.230 --> 00:12:11.090 and more like, well, we could be bringing people 00:12:11.090 --> 00:12:14.350 in here, but it may be too risky, or we may not 00:12:14.350 --> 00:12:17.210 even be allowed to have it by then. So we were 00:12:17.210 --> 00:12:19.269 kind of rolling the dice and pushing forward 00:12:19.269 --> 00:12:22.269 and pushing forward. And we met our executive 00:12:22.269 --> 00:12:25.210 committee, it's a few of us that meet, and we 00:12:25.210 --> 00:12:28.330 weigh everything out, and we made the decision 00:12:28.620 --> 00:12:31.620 to be fair to everyone, we better cancel and 00:12:31.620 --> 00:12:34.879 cancel early. And it is, you know, I can't tell 00:12:34.879 --> 00:12:37.399 you how painful that is to do that for somebody 00:12:37.399 --> 00:12:40.120 who loves hand -vention as much as I do. But 00:12:40.120 --> 00:12:43.480 Neil, that's kind of the story. But I want to 00:12:43.480 --> 00:12:46.179 add something else, too. We have been talking 00:12:46.179 --> 00:12:49.759 to the medical professionals about this. And 00:12:49.759 --> 00:12:53.320 of course, our general chairman, Rick WSAG, is 00:12:53.320 --> 00:12:56.500 a medical professional. He's actually a retired 00:12:56.500 --> 00:13:01.100 doctor. And then I have a daughter who's an infectious 00:13:01.100 --> 00:13:04.139 disease specialist at The Ohio State University. 00:13:05.340 --> 00:13:08.360 And talking to Rick, and especially talking to 00:13:08.360 --> 00:13:10.600 my daughter, it just didn't look like this thing 00:13:10.600 --> 00:13:16.620 was gonna work out. Back to you, Neil. All right. 00:13:16.720 --> 00:13:19.860 Well, I know that's a tough decision to make 00:13:19.860 --> 00:13:23.799 it but like I said like you said you've got all 00:13:23.799 --> 00:13:26.820 kinds of stakeholders to be concerned about here 00:13:26.820 --> 00:13:29.820 and it just it just wasn't going to work out 00:13:29.820 --> 00:13:34.399 so I can't blame you for making that decision 00:13:34.399 --> 00:13:37.919 and I think you know, you have to go ahead for 00:13:37.919 --> 00:13:40.200 a while and say, you know, hey, you know, we're 00:13:40.200 --> 00:13:42.320 gonna we're gonna try to make this thing happen 00:13:42.320 --> 00:13:45.879 and we're gonna we're going to make plans we're 00:13:45.879 --> 00:13:48.980 going to keep you know things going and and you 00:13:48.980 --> 00:13:51.460 know and see how it goes and and it just you 00:13:51.460 --> 00:13:55.779 know there was a chance but um it it you know 00:13:55.779 --> 00:13:58.000 just became obvious that it wasn't going to work 00:13:58.000 --> 00:14:00.919 and i i think that's that's the right call to 00:14:00.919 --> 00:14:04.100 make is is give it a shot as long as you can 00:14:04.100 --> 00:14:07.820 uh with still giving some notice to everyone 00:14:07.820 --> 00:14:13.850 um so What are the plans for Hamvention Weekend 00:14:13.850 --> 00:14:18.250 this time around? Are we gonna do the QSO party 00:14:18.250 --> 00:14:21.250 again? Anything different from last year? Anything 00:14:21.250 --> 00:14:26.509 virtual? What are the plans for Hamvention Weekend 00:14:26.509 --> 00:14:32.870 without the physical Hamvention? That's a good 00:14:32.870 --> 00:14:37.009 question. There are a lot of people doing lots 00:14:37.009 --> 00:14:40.710 of Zoom programs, lots of virtual things, and 00:14:40.710 --> 00:14:43.929 you know, we're Hamvention. That's not really 00:14:43.929 --> 00:14:47.169 our strength, our strong point. Our strength 00:14:47.169 --> 00:14:52.070 is the big gathering, and so we probably will 00:14:52.070 --> 00:14:57.669 not do anything in terms of a virtual Hamvention. 00:14:57.970 --> 00:15:01.970 However, Tim Duffy and Contest University Group 00:15:02.139 --> 00:15:05.039 Will have and stay tuned for that for all the 00:15:05.039 --> 00:15:07.879 information they will have contest university 00:15:07.879 --> 00:15:12.799 and it will be virtual and I got to be part of 00:15:12.799 --> 00:15:16.519 that some last year it is it is really a great 00:15:16.519 --> 00:15:20.639 event and Looking looking forward to that that's 00:15:20.639 --> 00:15:25.860 coming up and then also We will probably do another 00:15:25.860 --> 00:15:28.899 Q so party and I have a special event station 00:15:28.899 --> 00:15:32.899 working maybe part of the time as well So we 00:15:32.899 --> 00:15:35.620 are planning that we're working those things 00:15:35.620 --> 00:15:41.159 out now as we speak. And I do want to mention 00:15:41.159 --> 00:15:47.080 that our friends at HamCon, we were very sorry 00:15:47.080 --> 00:15:49.960 to hear what happened there. And then Hamcation, 00:15:50.519 --> 00:15:53.360 our good friends down there, they've got some 00:15:53.360 --> 00:15:56.620 events coming up here in February. And we all 00:15:56.620 --> 00:15:59.799 work together to support each other. We want 00:15:59.799 --> 00:16:03.269 to let everybody know that to support and join 00:16:03.269 --> 00:16:07.389 in with hamcation with their events. I think 00:16:07.389 --> 00:16:10.470 they got a QSO party and also a virtual event 00:16:10.470 --> 00:16:15.070 that day. But our team is forging ahead and, 00:16:15.070 --> 00:16:18.570 you know, nice day in May. And last year we were 00:16:18.570 --> 00:16:21.929 sitting here doing a QSO party and I live south 00:16:21.929 --> 00:16:24.549 of Zina out in the countryside here. It was like 00:16:24.549 --> 00:16:28.690 72, 73 degrees, sunny out. The very perfect weather 00:16:28.690 --> 00:16:33.799 for a hamvention. It, it, it just wasn't, it 00:16:33.799 --> 00:16:36.519 was so hard on us and it's tough for the team 00:16:36.519 --> 00:16:38.519 this year. Lots of people who worked hard on 00:16:38.519 --> 00:16:40.659 it, but that's, that's what we're looking at. 00:16:40.779 --> 00:16:45.059 Neil back to you. All right. Well, yeah, there's 00:16:45.059 --> 00:16:48.820 a lot going on, uh, virtually. And we talked 00:16:48.820 --> 00:16:50.539 about some of those at the open of the show. 00:16:51.590 --> 00:16:55.330 uh... and you know uh... winter fest and hamcation 00:16:55.330 --> 00:16:57.889 and and i'm going to be speaking at both of those 00:16:57.889 --> 00:17:00.629 uh... and and and we forgot that you mentioned 00:17:00.629 --> 00:17:02.809 we forgot winter field day i didn't mention winter 00:17:02.809 --> 00:17:04.970 field day but winter field day is is in there 00:17:04.970 --> 00:17:07.869 too so uh... there's there's a lot of stuff going 00:17:07.869 --> 00:17:13.779 on on the air and on line but just yet in person 00:17:13.779 --> 00:17:18.319 and we're still looking forward to being able 00:17:18.319 --> 00:17:23.019 to get the gang back together again. So let's 00:17:23.019 --> 00:17:27.720 talk about 2022 and I'm almost afraid to say 00:17:27.720 --> 00:17:32.240 anything about 2022 because I don't want to jinx 00:17:32.240 --> 00:17:37.500 it. But what are the refund policies here now 00:17:37.500 --> 00:17:41.369 that you know we've had to cancel again, what 00:17:41.369 --> 00:17:46.130 are those policies and you know 2022 is going 00:17:46.130 --> 00:17:52.549 to be extra special. Right the refund policy 00:17:52.549 --> 00:17:58.069 is on our website handvention .org you know basically 00:17:58.069 --> 00:18:02.309 it is let us know if you've bought a ticket and 00:18:02.309 --> 00:18:05.490 you need your money back you know let us know 00:18:05.490 --> 00:18:10.910 and we will refund that. It may take a week or 00:18:10.910 --> 00:18:16.349 two, but it takes a little bit of time to process 00:18:16.349 --> 00:18:20.190 it, but we'll get it back. And that's all clearly 00:18:20.190 --> 00:18:25.009 on the website. As for Hamvention 2022, Katie 00:18:25.009 --> 00:18:29.730 bolted the door. It will be just magnetic. It 00:18:29.730 --> 00:18:34.210 will be probably one of the best amateur radio 00:18:34.210 --> 00:18:39.140 gatherings in years. And we're excited about 00:18:39.140 --> 00:18:40.920 it. You know, we were excited this year to have 00:18:40.920 --> 00:18:45.259 the gathering. And next year, you know, when 00:18:45.259 --> 00:18:48.039 I talk to people, and maybe they know how much 00:18:48.039 --> 00:18:50.079 I love Hamvention, and maybe they're just saying 00:18:50.079 --> 00:18:53.059 that to appease me, but I don't think so. I think 00:18:53.059 --> 00:18:59.420 people are so ready to get together as amateur 00:18:59.420 --> 00:19:02.140 radio operators, as human beings, and people 00:19:02.140 --> 00:19:05.059 from all over the world. And that's another thing 00:19:05.059 --> 00:19:09.700 that fit into our our decision. We're an international 00:19:09.700 --> 00:19:13.640 event and we have people coming from all over 00:19:13.640 --> 00:19:16.700 the world and I know when we closed this down 00:19:16.700 --> 00:19:19.799 for this year or canceled it this year, I got 00:19:19.799 --> 00:19:23.140 a lot of emails from folks all over the world 00:19:23.140 --> 00:19:26.180 and here I'm on the radio, I enjoy working 40 00:19:26.180 --> 00:19:29.859 meters and talk to my friends in there. all over 00:19:29.859 --> 00:19:31.920 the world and they're saddened by it, but you 00:19:31.920 --> 00:19:33.779 know what, I think people really understand and 00:19:33.779 --> 00:19:36.819 respect the fact that we had to do it and when 00:19:36.819 --> 00:19:39.140 we did it. If we'd have waited until a month 00:19:39.140 --> 00:19:42.200 out and people have a lot more money invested 00:19:42.200 --> 00:19:45.420 in this and then we cancel, we wouldn't look 00:19:45.420 --> 00:19:49.339 very professional. We would look like, hey, what's 00:19:49.339 --> 00:19:52.140 with that? Now we would cause everybody a lot 00:19:52.140 --> 00:19:55.000 of work and people to lose money or lose... You 00:19:55.000 --> 00:19:57.720 know, we hate it if anybody loses anything, you 00:19:57.720 --> 00:20:02.619 know, the fact that we cancel, but 2022, it will 00:20:02.619 --> 00:20:07.059 be spectacular. Yeah, it will be. And, and, you 00:20:07.059 --> 00:20:11.799 know, I know it's, it's kind of, kind of lame, 00:20:11.799 --> 00:20:15.539 but it is true. We'll appreciate it a whole lot 00:20:15.539 --> 00:20:20.420 more when we get together in 2022. And you know, 00:20:20.420 --> 00:20:23.299 we've had to be without Hamvention two years 00:20:23.299 --> 00:20:28.700 now. will will appreciate it that much more so 00:20:28.700 --> 00:20:33.019 can't wait for that to happen yeah i know when 00:20:33.019 --> 00:20:35.880 you get on the q so party at least um... that 00:20:35.880 --> 00:20:38.400 the people that i work on their height always 00:20:38.400 --> 00:20:42.240 want to hear yeah i i love hearing what their 00:20:42.240 --> 00:20:45.799 favorite uh... uh... events are different things 00:20:45.799 --> 00:20:48.440 that they've really remember about him that should 00:20:48.440 --> 00:20:51.880 be cursed num people go away from him mention 00:20:51.880 --> 00:20:56.750 and um... They either have a good time or a bad 00:20:56.750 --> 00:21:01.529 time. You really want to look at Hamvention as, 00:21:01.890 --> 00:21:04.069 man, I've got a story from Hamvention. Let me 00:21:04.069 --> 00:21:06.910 tell you this. When I talk to people on the radio 00:21:06.910 --> 00:21:10.630 or anywhere and they talk to me about Hamvention 00:21:10.630 --> 00:21:14.269 and remind me of different things, that they 00:21:14.269 --> 00:21:17.849 met somebody there, they can't wait to be at 00:21:17.849 --> 00:21:20.529 this particular table again, sitting with their 00:21:20.529 --> 00:21:25.900 friends. Look at QRZ pages and I see the pictures 00:21:25.900 --> 00:21:29.359 of friends that get together from all over the 00:21:29.359 --> 00:21:32.019 world at Hamvention. That's what we want, is 00:21:32.019 --> 00:21:35.140 this beautiful gathering. And we want to present 00:21:35.140 --> 00:21:39.440 the place and I will tell you that the Fairgrounds, 00:21:39.440 --> 00:21:41.640 the Expo Center up there in Xenia, they have 00:21:41.640 --> 00:21:46.740 put so much into this thing. They have put, they've 00:21:46.740 --> 00:21:53.190 got painting all the rooms, the inside. Air movement 00:21:53.190 --> 00:21:55.390 is even better, they've done a lot of improvements 00:21:55.390 --> 00:21:57.329 there, there's a whole lot of things going on 00:21:57.329 --> 00:22:01.609 there, and they're pushing ahead. So, and I do 00:22:01.609 --> 00:22:03.630 want to also mention, Neil, you didn't ask me 00:22:03.630 --> 00:22:07.250 this, but I want to mention that Hamvention is, 00:22:07.490 --> 00:22:10.309 and the Dayton Amateur Radio Association, financially 00:22:10.309 --> 00:22:15.109 we are robust, there's not a problem, we will 00:22:15.109 --> 00:22:19.710 be able to have the show next year, and it'll 00:22:19.710 --> 00:22:25.279 be a, world -class show and and Well, we will 00:22:25.279 --> 00:22:28.700 just forge ahead and the fairgrounds is totally 00:22:28.700 --> 00:22:31.539 understanding. I mean they have to be because 00:22:31.539 --> 00:22:34.759 If we were to have it today, we wouldn't be allowed 00:22:34.759 --> 00:22:39.279 to so yeah back you know All right, Michael. 00:22:39.299 --> 00:22:42.920 Well, we're going to talk more about the fairgrounds 00:22:42.920 --> 00:22:46.700 and some of that and take your calls and some 00:22:46.700 --> 00:22:50.880 other things about Hamvention when we come back 00:22:50.880 --> 00:22:53.700 with Michael after this word from Tower Electronics 00:22:53.700 --> 00:22:57.440 right here on HamTalk Live. Hey, honey, have 00:22:57.440 --> 00:23:02.319 you seen the PL 259s anywhere? No, I haven't. 00:23:02.440 --> 00:23:07.680 Come on, kids. Let's go. There's just one place 00:23:07.680 --> 00:23:10.660 to go for all of your connector needs. Tower 00:23:10.660 --> 00:23:13.579 electronics. Tower electronics. 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And we're in 00:24:14.140 --> 00:24:16.920 the yellow pages under amateur radio connectors. 00:24:17.279 --> 00:24:20.619 Molly, wherever did you get that lovely PL259? 00:24:20.720 --> 00:24:26.839 Tower Electronics, pl -259 .com or call 920 -435 00:24:26.839 --> 00:24:32.000 -2973. Do we sell PL259 connectors? Join the 00:24:32.000 --> 00:24:38.440 conversation. Give us a call at 859 -982 -7373. 00:24:38.720 --> 00:24:44.099 Again, the number to call is 859 -982 -7373. 00:24:44.460 --> 00:24:47.400 Or, if you'd rather type than talk, tweet us 00:24:47.400 --> 00:24:51.259 at HamTalk Live. Now, here's Neil Rapp with more 00:24:51.259 --> 00:24:56.069 HamTalk Live. You're listening to ham talk live 00:24:56.069 --> 00:24:59.369 the number one podcast Amongst the podcasts with 00:24:59.369 --> 00:25:03.049 the words ham talk and live in the title. Here's 00:25:03.049 --> 00:25:28.410 your host Neil rap Welcome back to HamTalk Live. 00:25:28.470 --> 00:25:32.289 Thanks to Tower Electronics for sponsoring the 00:25:32.289 --> 00:25:34.670 show tonight to help bring you HamTalk Live. 00:25:34.750 --> 00:25:37.630 They're planning on being at Dalton, Georgia 00:25:37.630 --> 00:25:42.809 next month. That's February 27th. Or visit PL 00:25:42.809 --> 00:25:47.650 -259 .com and you can check out all of their 00:25:47.650 --> 00:25:50.769 supplies. And when, when Hamvention doesn't happen, 00:25:50.950 --> 00:25:53.930 you can, you can order from them online. It's 00:25:53.930 --> 00:26:02.039 PL -259. All right. Well, HamTalk Live is on 00:26:02.039 --> 00:26:04.500 the air every Thursday night, 9 p .m. Eastern 00:26:04.500 --> 00:26:07.440 time, right here at HamTalkLive .com. Be sure 00:26:07.440 --> 00:26:10.799 to check us out on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. 00:26:10.980 --> 00:26:14.500 And before we go back to Michael, it's time for 00:26:14.500 --> 00:26:18.960 Rick. It's the HamTalk Live Ham Radio Joke of 00:26:18.960 --> 00:26:46.349 the Week. Tap dancing never really spoke to me 00:26:46.349 --> 00:26:50.650 until I learned Morse code This has been the 00:26:50.650 --> 00:26:53.690 ham talk live ham radio joke of the week with 00:26:53.690 --> 00:26:57.430 Rick Garrett in nine GSU Tune in again next week 00:26:57.430 --> 00:27:03.089 for another joke from Rick Well, there you go 00:27:03.089 --> 00:27:06.009 Michael the tap dancing is that talking to you 00:27:06.009 --> 00:27:11.210 oh Man I tell you what I was moved by that. You 00:27:11.210 --> 00:27:15.140 know it reminds me of That whole joke scene, 00:27:15.220 --> 00:27:17.640 I mean, that's great. I really like the levity. 00:27:17.759 --> 00:27:19.519 We definitely need some levity here with the 00:27:19.519 --> 00:27:23.740 COVID. But I remember the last convention I was 00:27:23.740 --> 00:27:27.279 at, I was walking out a door of one of the buildings, 00:27:27.359 --> 00:27:29.240 I can't remember one, and a couple of guys were 00:27:29.240 --> 00:27:32.720 walking in and they said, and one guy said to 00:27:32.720 --> 00:27:35.140 his buddy, he said, you know, my daughter's getting 00:27:35.140 --> 00:27:37.160 married this weekend. I hope it's going okay 00:27:37.160 --> 00:27:44.089 for her. I was stunned when I heard that. Anyway, 00:27:44.089 --> 00:27:46.950 that's one of my, uh, I got plenty of hand venture 00:27:46.950 --> 00:27:49.970 memories and, uh, that's a funny one that I just 00:27:49.970 --> 00:27:53.150 couldn't hardly believe it. Oh, that's a, that's 00:27:53.150 --> 00:27:56.910 a good one. Well, if you have a question for 00:27:56.910 --> 00:27:59.309 Michael, or maybe you have a hand, which memory 00:27:59.309 --> 00:28:01.430 you'd like to share, give us a call at eight 00:28:01.430 --> 00:28:05.589 five nine. nine eight two seventy three seventy 00:28:05.589 --> 00:28:09.490 three now is the time to call eight five nine 00:28:09.490 --> 00:28:12.309 nine eight two seventy three seventy three or 00:28:12.309 --> 00:28:15.150 you can tweet at PAM talk live and if you're 00:28:15.150 --> 00:28:19.529 listening to us on WTWW or on the podcast edition 00:28:19.529 --> 00:28:23.569 we're not here it's Thursday night and and so 00:28:23.569 --> 00:28:29.319 we're we're not home so well We'll take some 00:28:29.319 --> 00:28:32.339 calls and we'll read some comments and and we 00:28:32.339 --> 00:28:36.799 have our first call of the night. So Good evening. 00:28:36.799 --> 00:28:47.180 Welcome to ham talk live Michael Michael turn 00:28:47.180 --> 00:28:52.460 down the the speakers there and listen the phone 00:28:56.919 --> 00:29:00.619 Hi, Michael. Hi, how are you? Hello. I can hear 00:29:00.619 --> 00:29:02.859 you, but I also hear something else in the background. 00:29:04.599 --> 00:29:06.539 I have everything turned off. So you should just 00:29:06.539 --> 00:29:09.799 hear me. Yep. I think you got it. Okay. Now I 00:29:09.799 --> 00:29:14.680 can hear you. There you go. Okay. Uh, just calling 00:29:14.680 --> 00:29:18.359 in to, uh, let everybody know that Orlando hamcation, 00:29:18.380 --> 00:29:22.099 uh, totally agrees with a convention's decision. 00:29:22.539 --> 00:29:24.759 Uh, we believe it was the right decision. Just 00:29:24.759 --> 00:29:27.359 like. the one that we had to make this year and 00:29:27.359 --> 00:29:29.200 the same one that you had to make last year. 00:29:29.420 --> 00:29:32.859 It's heartbreaking, but we are on the same page 00:29:32.859 --> 00:29:36.539 with you. And let me give a proper introduction 00:29:36.539 --> 00:29:40.279 here. This is this is Michael Cole, AW4MCA, the 00:29:40.279 --> 00:29:44.039 chairman of Orlando Hamcation. I saw his caller 00:29:44.039 --> 00:29:48.619 ID, so I knew who it was. Go ahead, Michael Coulter. 00:29:50.000 --> 00:29:52.859 I can tell by his voice who this was, you know, 00:29:52.940 --> 00:29:57.609 and You know, Michael and I are good friends 00:29:57.609 --> 00:30:00.910 as well as most of the staff that works down 00:30:00.910 --> 00:30:03.549 there at Hamcation. What a great job that they 00:30:03.549 --> 00:30:06.549 do. And you know what, when it gets really cold 00:30:06.549 --> 00:30:09.130 in this part of the country and it gets on to 00:30:09.130 --> 00:30:12.089 around February, I start thinking about how great 00:30:12.089 --> 00:30:15.670 it's going to be to go to Florida. But we're 00:30:15.670 --> 00:30:18.639 not going to be able to have it this year. I 00:30:18.639 --> 00:30:21.079 feel for you guys too, but I think we're all 00:30:21.079 --> 00:30:23.420 doing the right thing. We got to protect everybody. 00:30:23.500 --> 00:30:26.900 So we're just going to take a slam in and keep 00:30:26.900 --> 00:30:32.140 on having Michael. Yeah, exactly. And just like 00:30:32.140 --> 00:30:34.259 you said, I think 2022 is going to be stellar 00:30:34.259 --> 00:30:36.980 years for all the shows, especially the ones 00:30:36.980 --> 00:30:39.759 that had to be canceled for this year. And I 00:30:39.759 --> 00:30:41.579 think it's going to be bigger and better for 00:30:41.579 --> 00:30:48.000 him radio. I do too, we're really caught in the 00:30:48.000 --> 00:30:53.440 middle and I know Germany is still planning on 00:30:53.440 --> 00:30:57.519 having theirs and man, I hope they can. I'd like 00:30:57.519 --> 00:31:00.200 to be able to get over there to that, but right 00:31:00.200 --> 00:31:01.880 now I don't think we'd allow that in Germany. 00:31:02.400 --> 00:31:06.019 And then Huntsville, I know that they've got 00:31:06.019 --> 00:31:08.980 a block of rooms ready and I hope that they can 00:31:08.980 --> 00:31:13.259 have it too. Yeah, staying here with Huntsville. 00:31:13.900 --> 00:31:16.599 I know if they do, we will be there. We actually 00:31:16.599 --> 00:31:20.599 got a room registered already for hamcation. 00:31:21.539 --> 00:31:24.559 And I do know Germany as of right now is still 00:31:24.559 --> 00:31:27.180 going on. I know Peter and Lydia is over there 00:31:27.180 --> 00:31:29.940 in the Netherlands and they're planning on going 00:31:29.940 --> 00:31:35.460 to Germany if it does happen. Yeah, I was planning. 00:31:35.539 --> 00:31:37.740 I had my tickets and everything for last year. 00:31:37.980 --> 00:31:40.059 I was I was ready to go and then they canceled 00:31:40.059 --> 00:31:43.700 it. I had to cancel everything. Anyway, Michael, 00:31:43.700 --> 00:31:46.559 thank you for calling in man, and you know how 00:31:46.559 --> 00:31:49.279 much him ham bench and supports what you guys 00:31:49.279 --> 00:31:54.180 do and You know ham bench and hamcation Huntsville, 00:31:54.180 --> 00:31:58.700 Japan Friedrich often we all support each other. 00:31:59.000 --> 00:32:01.220 We all want the best for each other We all know 00:32:01.220 --> 00:32:03.900 each other and and we're all friends. There's 00:32:03.900 --> 00:32:06.059 no collusion because we're all not -for -profit 00:32:06.059 --> 00:32:10.539 organizations, but But we're small we're small 00:32:10.839 --> 00:32:14.079 Really, the amateur radio community is a small, 00:32:14.079 --> 00:32:17.380 small population in the world, and so we want, 00:32:17.519 --> 00:32:20.380 if we're successful, that's great. That means 00:32:20.380 --> 00:32:23.920 that the amication will be successful, and on 00:32:23.920 --> 00:32:27.140 down the line, because that sells, it helps all 00:32:27.140 --> 00:32:31.160 the vendors, and people love it, and so it's 00:32:31.160 --> 00:32:36.410 just, it's snowballs. Back to you, Neil. All 00:32:36.410 --> 00:32:38.809 right, well Michael Colley, thank you for calling 00:32:38.809 --> 00:32:43.809 in as always and look forward to hamcation se 00:32:43.809 --> 00:32:48.730 here in just a few weeks and Appreciate you taking 00:32:48.730 --> 00:32:52.390 the time to call tonight Thank you my thank you 00:32:52.390 --> 00:32:56.569 for the show Michael good talking to you and 00:32:56.569 --> 00:33:01.410 Talk to y 'all later Seven three thanks a lot 00:33:01.410 --> 00:33:05.680 seven three seven three All right, the phone 00:33:05.680 --> 00:33:08.619 number is eight five nine nine eight two seventy 00:33:08.619 --> 00:33:12.059 three seventy three if you would like to call 00:33:12.059 --> 00:33:15.599 in Michael Colter w8 ci is our guest tonight 00:33:15.599 --> 00:33:20.059 from the Dayton hamvention So we were talking 00:33:20.059 --> 00:33:22.200 a little bit about the fairgrounds and you said 00:33:22.200 --> 00:33:24.859 they're they're actually Doing you know some 00:33:24.859 --> 00:33:27.700 painting and some fixing up and then some improvements 00:33:28.450 --> 00:33:31.789 How are they handling, you know, I'm sure Hamvention 00:33:31.789 --> 00:33:34.809 is not, you know, it's probably their biggest 00:33:34.809 --> 00:33:36.950 event of the year, other than maybe the fair, 00:33:37.509 --> 00:33:41.569 but how are they doing? I'm assuming, you know, 00:33:41.630 --> 00:33:46.170 they aren't having many other shows there either. 00:33:46.190 --> 00:33:50.029 So how are they holding up and are there any 00:33:50.029 --> 00:33:52.230 plans to go ahead with that new building that 00:33:52.230 --> 00:33:56.609 was being talked about a few years ago? Well, 00:33:56.730 --> 00:34:01.950 that's for the new building. Unfortunately, that 00:34:01.950 --> 00:34:05.049 is on the back burner for them for the moment. 00:34:05.829 --> 00:34:07.630 And they're putting in a lot of improvements, 00:34:08.250 --> 00:34:11.449 which I'm very happy about. And yeah, of course 00:34:11.449 --> 00:34:15.150 they're disappointed we're not coming. It made 00:34:15.150 --> 00:34:20.199 front page news. in all of Greene County and 00:34:20.199 --> 00:34:23.860 then all our news outlets, the TV channels came 00:34:23.860 --> 00:34:30.199 and interviewed me and it was not good news because 00:34:30.199 --> 00:34:35.440 Hamvention represents over $30 million in revenue 00:34:35.440 --> 00:34:40.460 just for the Greene, Montgomery County area around 00:34:40.460 --> 00:34:44.219 here because it's a big event and that's a big 00:34:44.219 --> 00:34:47.329 hit. 30 million bucks is a big hit. to anybody 00:34:47.329 --> 00:34:49.550 when I won't say anybody's economy, but the economy 00:34:49.550 --> 00:34:54.210 here. And, um, so, but, but everybody understands, 00:34:54.230 --> 00:34:56.750 they think it's the right thing. And, you know, 00:34:56.750 --> 00:34:59.190 we don't want to jeopardize anybody's health. 00:34:59.190 --> 00:35:02.690 And at this time, it just, that's going to be 00:35:02.690 --> 00:35:07.449 right on the gray line. I would say of, of, uh, 00:35:07.449 --> 00:35:11.630 darkness and light for this COVID. Yeah. Well, 00:35:11.630 --> 00:35:15.119 yeah, I was able to see, uh, a couple of the 00:35:15.119 --> 00:35:18.480 television interviews and you know that was you 00:35:18.480 --> 00:35:21.000 know that was their focus of course was the economic 00:35:21.000 --> 00:35:24.900 impact that that Hamvention has on that entire 00:35:24.900 --> 00:35:30.699 area and Nothing about this has been easy by 00:35:30.699 --> 00:35:35.800 any means So I'm glad to hear the fairgrounds 00:35:35.800 --> 00:35:38.340 is doing okay. It's totally understandable that 00:35:38.340 --> 00:35:41.690 that building is Kind of on the back burner, 00:35:41.730 --> 00:35:44.389 but glad to hear that they're, you know, they're 00:35:44.389 --> 00:35:47.070 taking the opportunity to get some painting done 00:35:47.070 --> 00:35:49.909 and get some, you know, some work done while 00:35:49.909 --> 00:35:55.150 it's kind of, you know, sitting there. Absolutely. 00:35:55.150 --> 00:35:57.409 They are working hard at things every time I 00:35:57.409 --> 00:36:01.250 go up there. Um, another thing that we are, uh, 00:36:01.250 --> 00:36:03.949 they're looking at doing is in the middle of 00:36:03.949 --> 00:36:07.070 the fairgrounds now with, if anybody can remember, 00:36:07.070 --> 00:36:10.000 there's a, where the flags are. There's a bunch 00:36:10.000 --> 00:36:14.139 of bricks in there and we are soon going to release 00:36:14.139 --> 00:36:19.440 the ability for people to buy a brick and have 00:36:19.440 --> 00:36:25.039 their call sign etched into it. It's really not 00:36:25.039 --> 00:36:27.079 going to cost that much money. That information 00:36:27.079 --> 00:36:29.760 will be coming out on our website before too 00:36:29.760 --> 00:36:33.019 much longer. We're pretty excited about that 00:36:33.019 --> 00:36:38.110 and the Fairgrounds plans to use that. to make 00:36:38.110 --> 00:36:42.210 even more improvements on the property. Oh, that's 00:36:42.210 --> 00:36:46.650 a great idea. I know out at ARRL headquarters 00:36:46.650 --> 00:36:50.150 they did that. You could buy a brick and I always 00:36:50.150 --> 00:36:53.210 enjoy reading all the little bricks when I'm 00:36:53.210 --> 00:36:57.130 out there. and get to see that. And some of them 00:36:57.130 --> 00:37:03.949 had some kind of funny comments. Nothing bad, 00:37:04.610 --> 00:37:07.110 but they were interesting. So it was kind of 00:37:07.110 --> 00:37:10.429 fun just to kind of go through and read some 00:37:10.429 --> 00:37:16.349 of those. So that's pretty cool. 859 -982 -7373 00:37:16.349 --> 00:37:21.150 is the phone number to call. So if you have a 00:37:21.150 --> 00:37:24.150 question or a comment about Hamvention, give 00:37:24.150 --> 00:37:30.710 us a call right now at 859 -982 -7373. So let's 00:37:30.710 --> 00:37:33.809 take a look at the chat here. We've got three 00:37:33.809 --> 00:37:38.170 or four people here in the chat commenting. So 00:37:38.170 --> 00:37:43.829 John in for JTK says 2022 is going to be a. A 00:37:43.829 --> 00:37:46.469 stellar year and and they're hoping that the 00:37:46.469 --> 00:37:49.809 Dalton Georgia ham fest still happens and and 00:37:49.809 --> 00:37:53.210 and he he will buy a brick and and Michael Colley 00:37:53.210 --> 00:37:57.369 just jumped in and said he'll buy one too and 00:37:57.369 --> 00:38:01.690 Joe Eisenberg k0 neb says the same and and says 00:38:01.690 --> 00:38:05.510 he worked uh you uh Michael during the qso party 00:38:05.510 --> 00:38:10.869 last year and as well as uh some others so um 00:38:10.869 --> 00:38:15.280 he's looking forward to to that as well. So those 00:38:15.280 --> 00:38:18.420 are some of the comments that we have here online. 00:38:19.360 --> 00:38:21.559 But if you'd like to call, now's the time to 00:38:21.559 --> 00:38:24.699 do that. We're about to finish up. So call us 00:38:24.699 --> 00:38:33.619 at 859 -982 -7373. Okay, let's see. We're checking 00:38:33.619 --> 00:38:38.880 the tweets here and don't see any questions on 00:38:38.880 --> 00:38:43.269 there. We did have to start a little late. I 00:38:43.269 --> 00:38:46.349 had to reinstall some mic drivers tonight. So 00:38:46.349 --> 00:38:50.550 my apologies for that and Did tweet that out. 00:38:50.550 --> 00:38:53.070 So if something like that happens be sure to 00:38:53.070 --> 00:38:58.210 check at ham talk live on Twitter. So Michael, 00:38:58.250 --> 00:39:02.170 I guess let's finish up here any any other things 00:39:02.170 --> 00:39:06.710 that people need to know before We let you go 00:39:06.710 --> 00:39:13.690 tonight All right I guess that to anybody who's 00:39:13.690 --> 00:39:17.030 suffering with COVID now or has family members 00:39:17.030 --> 00:39:21.590 suffering from it or close friends, we send out 00:39:21.590 --> 00:39:27.050 our prayers and best wishes. I have a very, very 00:39:27.050 --> 00:39:31.570 close friend that is right on the edge of it 00:39:31.570 --> 00:39:37.010 right now. He's in the hospital. He's been intubated. 00:39:38.889 --> 00:39:42.190 We're all worried about it day by day, and we 00:39:42.190 --> 00:39:45.050 have other members in our organization here, 00:39:45.170 --> 00:39:47.730 the Dayton Amateur Radio Association, who are 00:39:47.730 --> 00:39:54.670 fighting COVID. We'll all get through this, so 00:39:54.670 --> 00:39:59.190 my prayers go out to anybody who has it. I also 00:39:59.190 --> 00:40:01.929 want to say to people, stay on the radio, get 00:40:01.929 --> 00:40:06.469 on the air, reach out in the amateur radio community. 00:40:07.539 --> 00:40:10.360 There's no better time right now than getting 00:40:10.360 --> 00:40:14.780 on the air. There's been probably very few more 00:40:14.780 --> 00:40:18.699 meaningful times than to get on the radio. Anyway, 00:40:19.119 --> 00:40:21.619 Neil, I certainly appreciate the opportunity 00:40:21.619 --> 00:40:24.340 to be on your program. You're very well organized. 00:40:25.099 --> 00:40:26.940 For those of you who don't know this, before 00:40:26.940 --> 00:40:30.539 he has a program, He has everything typed up 00:40:30.539 --> 00:40:34.460 of what's gonna happen and very, very orderly, 00:40:34.659 --> 00:40:37.159 very, very good. It's not a free rambling kind 00:40:37.159 --> 00:40:40.780 of a thing. It is and it isn't, but it's structured, 00:40:40.860 --> 00:40:43.440 structured just right. And Neil, I very much 00:40:43.440 --> 00:40:46.820 appreciate working with you. You are a constant 00:40:46.820 --> 00:40:50.099 professional and the things that you are doing 00:40:50.099 --> 00:40:56.679 for Yoda just absolutely, absolutely great. And, 00:40:56.679 --> 00:40:59.579 uh, as you know, the Dayton amateur radio association 00:40:59.579 --> 00:41:02.780 supports you in the, and the efforts that you're 00:41:02.780 --> 00:41:05.900 doing there. So, uh, I don't know what else to 00:41:05.900 --> 00:41:08.579 say. Um, I'm so sorry. We couldn't have a hand 00:41:08.579 --> 00:41:11.400 mentioned and I could say it hurts me more than 00:41:11.400 --> 00:41:13.639 it hurts you, but I don't know that that's true. 00:41:13.980 --> 00:41:18.719 We all love it. It just plain hurts. It does. 00:41:19.139 --> 00:41:24.349 Yeah. Go ahead. It certainly does. Well, thank 00:41:24.349 --> 00:41:27.489 you so much for all the kind words about the 00:41:27.489 --> 00:41:31.469 show and about Yoda. We sent out some information 00:41:31.469 --> 00:41:37.269 today, actually. Another thing that I was doing 00:41:37.269 --> 00:41:40.510 today was sending out press releases about the 00:41:40.510 --> 00:41:47.909 Yoda month that we had. 130 I forget now 138 00:41:47.909 --> 00:41:51.829 ,000 Q so's in one month by the young people 00:41:51.829 --> 00:41:54.809 in ham radio so you can check that out at youth 00:41:54.809 --> 00:41:58.989 on the air org and we appreciate the hamvention 00:41:58.989 --> 00:42:04.269 support of Youth on the air camp as well as hamcation 00:42:04.269 --> 00:42:07.610 and all the others that icon and everyone that 00:42:08.179 --> 00:42:12.280 helps us put this thing on this summer, we hope. 00:42:13.059 --> 00:42:15.280 We hope we don't have to cancel, we're kind of 00:42:15.280 --> 00:42:18.239 doing the same thing. We're going ahead, we're 00:42:18.239 --> 00:42:21.679 forging ahead with the plan and then a few months 00:42:21.679 --> 00:42:24.639 out we'll... We'll evaluate and see where we're 00:42:24.639 --> 00:42:29.699 at. We're hoping that mid -July is late enough 00:42:29.699 --> 00:42:35.619 that we can get it going. Jill KD8QGA says, I 00:42:35.619 --> 00:42:39.860 got the lanyards. There you go. She's got her 00:42:39.860 --> 00:42:44.500 hamcation lanyards. Michael, thanks again for 00:42:44.500 --> 00:42:46.460 coming on the show and talking about it. I know 00:42:46.460 --> 00:42:50.940 it's not an easy topic to discuss when you have 00:42:50.940 --> 00:42:58.539 to. disappoint 40 ,000 some hams and the community's 00:42:58.539 --> 00:43:03.019 economy. But we appreciate all you do and all 00:43:03.019 --> 00:43:06.539 that Dara does to bring us Hamvention whenever 00:43:06.539 --> 00:43:13.199 possible. And we look forward to the QSO party 00:43:13.199 --> 00:43:16.539 and some of those things. And then 2022 will 00:43:16.539 --> 00:43:22.070 be ready to go for sure. Thank you so much. It's 00:43:22.070 --> 00:43:24.590 been my pleasure, and thank you to all of you 00:43:24.590 --> 00:43:28.489 who tuned in or listening to this, and any questions 00:43:28.489 --> 00:43:32.650 or further comments, as you would say on the 00:43:32.650 --> 00:43:35.710 air, I'm good on QRZ. You can find my email address 00:43:35.710 --> 00:43:39.389 there. So 73, everybody, stay safe, stay on the 00:43:39.389 --> 00:43:43.949 radio, stay healthy. Thanks again, Neil. All 00:43:43.949 --> 00:43:46.730 right. Well, that is a wrap for this week's edition 00:43:46.730 --> 00:43:49.840 of HamTalk Live. thanks to my guest, Michael 00:43:49.840 --> 00:43:53.460 Coulter, W8CI, and everybody out there in Saberspace 00:43:53.460 --> 00:43:56.539 for listening and calling in, typing in, and 00:43:56.539 --> 00:43:58.820 I invite you back next Thursday night, 9 p .m. 00:43:59.019 --> 00:44:02.119 Eastern Time. And for all of our upcoming guests, 00:44:02.500 --> 00:44:05.900 you can check that out at HamTalkLive .com. So 00:44:05.900 --> 00:44:09.340 for now, this is Neil Rapp, WB9VPG, saying 7 00:44:09.340 --> 00:44:15.550 -3, 7 -5, and may the good DX be yours. Thanks 00:44:15.550 --> 00:44:22.949 for watching.